HITMXE®

The Fourth Way of Futurism.


Evidence shows that global business transformation is in a brittle state. Drawing on pioneers, artists, athletes, philosophers and psychologists who had the courage to shape better worlds, Humans In The Machine reflects an idea gathering momentum: businesses must become more human to realise their future potential.

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Humans In The Machine is designed to grow with people - in Startups, SMEs, MNCs and institutions. In a complexified world, we help people find their courage and make change last.

We work with people between worlds — founders, leaders, creators and teams navigating the space between what was and what must come next. We find causes, face consequences, think divergently and bring technology back into harmony with humanity.

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Embracing futurism with enthusiasm.

HITMXE® is on a mission to become the rehumanising platform for a healthier marketplace.

Helping 1 million people achieve lasting change.

Because the world needs more courage and anyone can be more more courageous.

The status quo.

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We live in a machine that is designed to get us to neglect what is important about life.”

Professor Tim Kasser

OUR Philosophy
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The Attention Economy is thriving at our expense.

Compulsive attention‑seeking has been normalised and commoditised. The hit of short‑term validation narrows long‑term choice—turning us into centred‑selves, a culture where everyone is the protagonist and no one connects. It’s as true for the expectant social media scroller as it is for the expectant financial analyst or the expectant CEO.

An economy that incentivises posture and performance becomes parody—a trap of our own making. Exiting it requires the courage to become self‑centred in the older sense: grounded in one’s centre, oriented toward others, offering stance and substance instead of spectacle.

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The HITMXE® 4R method creates lasting change by embodying enthusiasm.

  • Helps teams take action through diagnosis of a presenting problem causing growing pain.

  • Creates team headspace through targeted pain relief having diagnosed the presenting problem.

  • Invigorates teams to go beyond problems, to ideate and formulate new positive practices.

  • Enthuses teams to own and sustain growth by embracing the changing environment.

Our Method
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Human design wins in the Integrated Network Economy.

Forecast to be 25% of the world economy by 2030. Companies must co-innovate, co-invest and collaborate to thrive. A design-led approach is essential. Businesses using strategic design outperform their peers (McKinsey).

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Meaningful Transformative Focus

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A simple process to help individuals, teams and businesses to get fired-up about the issues they care about.

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Who can the HITMXE® method help?

Founder

From startup to upstart

You have a Startup or are an investor seeking expertise to conceptualise a venture into a “Minimum Lovable Product” with a clear, transformative problem statement, product-market fit and GTM strategy, for a smart scale-up and to help attract the right customers and investment.

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SME

From growing pain to gazelle

You are a business owner, functional or digital leader looking for ‘common sense’ SME digitalisation playbook galvanising CX, sales, channels, creative and technology goals into a prioritised digital initiatives roadmap and pragmatic budgeting plan against aligned growth outcomes.

Services for SMEs

MNC

From end-up to upend

You are a marketing, technology, CX and HR decision-marker or Digital Product Owner* that seeks a business design and ecosystem strategy for the network economy and a way of reframing opportunities in organisations already executing transformation or CX initiatives.

Services for MNCs

Events

From future fear to future-fit

You are a conference, event organiser, speaker bureau, education institution or L&D lead looking for an engaging expert speaker to present a keynote, join a panel, facilitate a workshop or author thought leadership on topics driving business discourse.

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